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Mississippi Second Grade
Benchmarks and Objectives
Second Grade - Reading
Demonstrates an awareness of
books, print, and reading process
- recognizes parts of a story
- uses table of contents and
glossary
Uses language to establish a
connection and to interact with print
- follows oral and written
directions
- demonstrates comprehension of
words, sentences, directions, and stories
- communicates in written form
- identifies/spells many words
- spells frequently-used words
correctly
- expands sight vocabulary
Reads orally with fluency based
on rate, intonation, phrasing, and naturalness utilizing miscues
- self-corrects when reading
miscue
Uses phonemic awareness to
identify words in context
- recognizes word patterns
(suffixes and prefixes)
- recognizes vowel sounds
- decodes words using phonemes
- figures out unknown words in
context, using meaning cues, sentence structure cues, and phonetic
generalizations
Derives meaning from text and
extends meaning beyond the print
- determines cause and effect
- reads for more than one
purpose
- reads with understanding
- utilizes picture/context cues
- recognizes synonyms, antonyms,
contractions, and compound words
- draws conclusions from reading
- recalls details
- makes and revises predictions
- compares and contrasts
Develops listening skills
- follows directions
- listens attentively to a story
 Second
Grade - Writing
Exhibits developmentally
appropriate oral language for communication purposes
- retells a personal story
- responds to questions in
conversation using words and phrases in the primary language
- participates in conversation
while interacting with peers
Demonstrates an awareness of
print in written language
- uses sentence patterns* (S, V,
DO, AND S , V, IO, DO)
- writes statements and
questions
- recognizes exclamatory and
command sentences
- writes descriptive sentences
- writes simple paragraphs
*Sentence patterns refer to the
structure of a sentence and denotes usage not the labeling of the
parts of speech or functions
Uses written language to
establish a connection and to interact with print
- communicates in written form
- writes to retell a story
Identifies and writes words in
context using letter/sound relationships (graphophonic/phonemic) and
basic sight words
- spells and writes frequently
used words correctly
- uses basic sight words in
writing
- recognizes and writes word
patterns (rhyming words, suffixes, prefixes)
Demonstrates the writing process
- pre-writes to organize ideas
- creates a draft using the
pre-writing activities
- revises to improve content of
draft
- edits for errors
- publishes final copy
Writes for a purpose
- writes to communicate
- writes to tell a personal
story
- uses writing as a research
tool
Second Grade - Math
Discovers, creates, extends, and
describes patterns and other relationships
- identifies, models, and
extends figure patterns
- uses patterns to count
pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
- skip counts by 2s, 3s, 5s, and
10s
Collects, organizes, and
interprets data using tables, charts, and graphs
- tallies, interprets, predicts,
and records outcomes based on given information
- creates line, bar, and
pictorial graphs using collected data from students and other
resources
- interprets graphical data in
terms of "more," "less," "same," "most," and "least"
- investigates and applies
concepts of probability through explorative activities (e.g.,
always, maybe, sometimes, and never events)
Uses a variety of tools and
techniques to make comparisons and to develop an awareness of
measurement
- uses appropriate tools and
terms to explore measurement
- estimates and measures length,
weight, and capacity using standard units of measurement
- categorizes measurement terms
according to length, weight, and capacity
- uses convincing arguments to
justify the selection of a specific unit of measure for a given item
- collects and compares seasonal
temperatures using a thermometer
- identifies vocabulary terms
for time (e.g., before, after, until)
- reads and writes time to the
hour, half-hour, quarter of an hour, and five-minute intervals
- uses time to sequence events
of the day
- uses the calendar to determine
past and future days
- identifies the parts of a
clock
Recognizes basic
characteristics, shapes, and properties of two and three-dimensional
geometric figures
- recognizes, identifies, and
creates a circle, quadrilateral, rhombus, square, triangle,
trapezoid, hexagon, and parallelogram
- compares and contrasts the
characteristics of shapes using various resources
- models and finds the perimeter
of simple shapes
- recognizes, describes, and
presents models of three-dimensional figures
Models and applies the basic
operations of addition and subtraction
- computes the basic facts 0 to
18 for addition and subtraction with and without manipulatives
- adds and subtracts to find
missing addends and subtrahends
- uses the inverse relationship
of addition and subtraction
- adds and subtracts numbers
presented in vertical and horizontal format
- adds two and three-digit whole
numbers without regrouping
- subtracts two-digit whole
numbers with and without regrouping
- subtracts three-digit whole
numbers without regrouping
- models and multiplies numbers
0 to 5 using repeated addition
- uses addition and/or
subtraction to solve one and two-step problems by drawing,
discussing, modeling, and writing explanations
Understands multiple uses of
numbers, relationships among numbers, and representations of
familiar fractions
- selects and uses the
appropriate symbols for dollars and cents
- identifies quarters and
half-dollars to count groups of coins
- determines the value of money
up to $5.00
- compares given values of money
up to $5.00
- finds equal money amounts with
different coin and dollar combinations
- makes change up to $1.00
- computes multiplications facts
0 to 5
- models multiplication problems
by drawing and writing explanations
- identifies, models, and writes
numbers 0 to 1000 in order
- sequences numbers using the
terms "before," "after," and "between"
- identifies place value of a
given digit in a four-digit number
- identifies and models even and
odd numbers
- identifies, discusses, and
draws representations of equivalent fractions through one-third
-estimates quantities to the
nearest multiple of ten
- groups items by ones, tens,
and hundreds
- rounds two-digit whole numbers
to the nearest multiple of ten
- uses the symbols <, >. and -
to compare two numbers
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